Succulent flowers

Many succulent flowers are much smaller than cactus flowers – but
when you look at them closely they are both interesting and beautiful.

The pictures above were taken using a close-up camera lens to show detail
which would not usually be seen.

Lithops, or stone plants belong to a large
group of plants known as Mesembs.

The plant on the left is a Lithops, which always have yellow or white flowers.
Other Mesembs might have yellow, white, orange or magenta flowers. The plant
on the right is a Conophytum, sometimes known as dumplings. They also make
new bodies every year. You can see the new bodies bursting out of the skins
of the old ones in this picture.